Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's office has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review the case of an ex-state trooper who was sued in the 2010 fatal shooting of a speeding fugitive on Interstate 27.
In September, the 5th U.S.

Amarillo Crime Stoppers is seeking the public's help in locating a fugitive wanted on an auto theft charge.
Randall County authorities are seeking Don Eric Wolters, who is wanted on a charge of unauthorized use of a motor vehicle.

A woman who allegedly began pumping breast milk to divert a state trooper's attention during a traffic stop that netted 15 pounds of methamphetamine was sentenced Monday to nearly two years in federal prison.
U.S.

Two former employees sued Swisher County on Friday, claiming county officials retaliated against them for agreeing to testify in another worker's federal civil rights suit.
The suit, filed Friday in Amarillo's U.S.

Amarillo police are investigating two robberies and an attempted sexual assault at motels along Interstate 40, police said Tuesday.
Officers were dispatched early Tuesday to a reported robbery of a guest at a motel near I-40 and Ross Street.

Pantex Plant is beefing up radiological work procedures after a technician was exposed to a "higher than anticipated" radiation dose while working in a nuclear materials storage building.
The unidentified instrument technician was exposed Jan.

A federal judge has sentenced an Arizona man to five years in federal prison after he pleaded guilty to a drug trafficking charge after transporting nearly 40 pounds of cocaine.
William Richard Forbish, 58, of Paradise Valley, Ariz.

A 2013 airplane crash that killed a former Stinnett man and injured another man was probably caused by inadequate pre-flight planning, poor decision making and the use of the wrong pilot's handbook, the National Transportation Safety Board has ruled.

Amarillo police are investigating a Monday morning armed robbery in which one of two robbers stunned a clerk with a stun gun before the pair fled with cash and cartons of cigarettes, police said.
About 11:15 a.m.

Two California travelers were charged with marijuana possession after a state trooper found 47 pounds of marijuana in their vehicle during a weekend Interstate 40 traffic stop, Texas Department of Public Safety reported Tuesday.

The National Nuclear Security Administration has selected two former top Pantex Plant officials for key leadership posts.
The NNSA is re-establishing an Office of Policy that will be a central resource for strategic planning and analysis.

Richardson International said Thursday it will challenge a series of alleged safety violations at its Dawn flour milling operation.
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has proposed a $63,000 fine against Richardson Milling Inc.

An Amarillo federal grand jury on Thursday indicted a Fort Worth man on a federal charge alleging he interfered with a Southwest Airlines flight crew last month and screamed profanities at the crew while the aircraft was en route to Dallas.

A proposed law would help small businesses by making deductions for equipment and other items permanent instead of requiring Congress to renew the deductions yearly, U.S. Rep. Mac Thornberry said Tuesday.

The House Armed Services Committee will take up President Barack Obama's request for further military action against Islamic State insurgents next week, but how that debate will take shape remains to be seen, U.S. Rep. Mac Thornberry said Monday.

A Friona man pleaded guilty Friday to a federal methamphetamine trafficking charge.
Jaime Arzate, 41, pleaded guilty Friday in Amarillo's U.S. District Court to a charge of possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine.